A photograph of the Nashville City Reservoir, in Nashville, Tennessee, as it was being constructed in 1877. An accompanying article describes the completed structure, as quoted: "The City Reservoir, which was built in 1887, cost the city of...

A photograph of Acklen Hall, home of Joseph Hayes Acklen (1850-1938), on Fairmont Street, Nashville, Tennessee. Built in the 1890s, this Victorian-style home was the centerpiece of one of Nashville's first gated communities, Acklen Park. Also...

The building of the Eighth Avenue South Reservoir, located on Kirkpatrick Hill, was begun in 1887 and was completed in 1889. With an outside wall height of 33.75 feet and a perimeter at the top of the outside wall running 1,746 feet, the reservoir...

An architectural structure and the front stone wall at Morgan Park, located at Hume Street and Fifth Avenue North in North Nashville. The Park Board purchased Frederick Laitenberger’s German beer garden occupying the block between Hume and Fifth...

A photograph of East End Methodist Church located at 1212 Holly Street in Nashville, Tennessee, in the East Nashville neighborhood. While the congregation was established in 1889, the current church was completed in 1907. Built of red brick, the...

A postcard of Battle Ground Academy and Gymnasium, circa 1909. Established in 1889, the school was named for its original location on the battle ground of the Civil War Battle of Franklin. The first campus was erected at the corner of Columbia...

A photograph of Tulip Street United Methodist Church located at 522 Russell Street in the Edgefield Historic District in Nashville, Tennessee. The church sits at the corner of South Fifth Street, which was originally named Tulip Street in the...

A postcard of the War Memorial Building on Memorial Plaza stretching between Union Street and Charlotte Avenue, and from Sixth to Seventh Avenues. This building was built by the state, county and city in 1925 to honor the Tennesseans who served in...

A postcard of the War Memorial Building on Memorial Plaza stretching between Union Street and Charlotte Avenue, and from Sixth to Seventh Avenues. This building was built by the state, county and city in 1925 to honor the Tennesseans who served in...

A man standing in front of a stone wall, with an electric automobile in the background parked near a residence. Electric automobiles were a special model that was mainly sold to women drivers and physicians who desired the dependable immediate...

An aerial view of the Nashville City Reservoir, located at 1401 8th Avenue in Nashville, Tennessee. The reservoir was built between 1887 and 1889. The structure was constructed on top of Kirkpatrick Hill, the site of Federal Blockhouse Casino...

An aerial view of the Nashville City Reservoir, located at 1401 8th Avenue in Nashville, Tennessee. The reservoir was built between 1887 and 1889. The structure was constructed on top of Kirkpatrick Hill, the site of Federal Blockhouse Casino...

An aerial view of the Nashville City Reservoir, located at 1401 8th Avenue in Nashville, Tennessee. The reservoir was built between 1887 and 1889. The structure was constructed on top of Kirkpatrick Hill, the site of Federal Blockhouse Casino...

A color postcard depicting the Tennessee State Capitol at night. Situated in the center of the city at Charlotte Avenue and Sixth Avenue, the capitol building rests approximately 197 feet above the level of the Cumberland River. The building draws...

A postcard of the Tennessee State Capitol and landscaped grounds along the hillside overlooking the city of Nashville, bordered by Charlotte and Sixth Avenue. The architectural idea is that of a Greek Ionic Temple. The Greek Revival building is...

A color postcard depicting the Tennessee State Capitol. Situated in the center of the city at Charlotte Avenue and Sixth Avenue, the capitol building rests approximately 197 feet above the level of the Cumberland River. The building draws on...

A postcard of the Nashville Reservoir located on Eighth Avenue South. An electric streetcar is pictured on the road. In 1889 the city built the reservoir on top of Kirkpatrick Hill on the site of Fort Casino just south of downtown Nashville. The...

An architectural structure known as “House of Comfort,” at Morgan Park, located at Hume Street and Fifth Avenue North in North Nashville. The Park Board purchased Frederick Laitenberger’s German beer garden occupying the block between Hume and...

Adults and children gathered at an outdoors stage event area at Morgan Park, located at Hume Street and Fifth Avenue North in North Nashville, circa July 1926. The Park Board purchased Frederick Laitenberger’s German beer garden occupying the...

A landscape scene at Morgan Park, located at Hume Street and Fifth Avenue North in North Nashville. The Park Board purchased Frederick Laitenberger’s German beer garden occupying the block between Hume and Fifth Avenue in 1909 to provide a park...